Some of you are lucky enough to land in your ideal career early on. But for others it can take a while to finally find your career. And meanwhile there’s often a lot of pushback — and judgment — from people you know.
Family and even close friends may see you as a failure, whether they actually voice their thoughts out loud to you or not. And more importantly, after landing in the wrong career more than once you may begin to see yourself as a failure. “Why can’t I make this work for me?”
But there’s also the pushback you get from prospective employers. “Why so many jobs?” “What about THIS job will make you want to stay?” And the truth is you may not even know the real answer for you, although of course you come up with one for the interview.
⇒ Why Do You Want THIS Job? (Make Sure You Know)
About finding your ideal career
We’re often pressured even before we graduate to figure out where we belong in life. Choose a major. Figure out what courses to take. Focus on building some skills. Hunt for that first job that you hope will work out.
But it can take a while (and some exploring) before we even grow into who we really are. So whatever your guess now [Read more…]